Suspension settings
Since buying my bike back in June, it's always felt more suited to riding with a pillion. This was all very well but i'd prefer it to be more suited to riding solo as that's how i spend 75% of my time. My confidence in the bike has never been as good as it could be when riding solo so i decided to have a go at playing with the suspension settings.
I was pleasantly surprised at how simple the settings are to adjust. My bike sits on 2 springs rather than the 1 that most modern bikes use nowadays. This makes adjusting the settings very easy as the springs are situated outside the swing-arm instead of being tucked away at the base of the bike. Following advice i found on the ZRX forum, http://www.zrxoc.com/board/showpost.php?p=131&postcount=1, i've managed to get the bike feeling much better.
The ZRX differs from most bikes in the way that it has an eccentric chain adjuster which normally has the rear wheel spindle toward the top. By adjusting this so that the spindle is toward the bottom, the rear of the bike rides slightly higher, giving the bike a quicker turn in. I also like the look of the bike with it's rear slightly higher.
I was pleasantly surprised at how simple the settings are to adjust. My bike sits on 2 springs rather than the 1 that most modern bikes use nowadays. This makes adjusting the settings very easy as the springs are situated outside the swing-arm instead of being tucked away at the base of the bike. Following advice i found on the ZRX forum, http://www.zrxoc.com/board/showpost.php?p=131&postcount=1, i've managed to get the bike feeling much better.
The ZRX differs from most bikes in the way that it has an eccentric chain adjuster which normally has the rear wheel spindle toward the top. By adjusting this so that the spindle is toward the bottom, the rear of the bike rides slightly higher, giving the bike a quicker turn in. I also like the look of the bike with it's rear slightly higher.
posted by Mark at 1:05 am
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